Greetings Galoots,

I am somewhat new to the list so a quick introduction.  I've
lurked around here before and have picked up some nice user
tools back in the Flea Market Monday days.  Kind of miss
that.  I've mostly been interested in timber framing type
tools and I'm still interested in picking up a few more.
While I plan on doing lots of the timber framing with hand
tools, I decided to cheat and got one of those new-fangled
bandsaw mills to cut the timbers.  So I like to spend some
of my free time on weekends turning trees into boards.  Then
I can test out my SS old chisels and planes on some fresh
wood.

Now for my beech question.  I have a couple nice beech trees
that are going to be termite food due to storm damage.  I
plan to beat the termites to the trees and cut them up.  I
know that some galoots like to make planes out of beech, but
I was wondering what else it's good for?  Anybody have
suggestions as to how I might cut the tree to maximize its
galoot value?  I'm guess that quarter sawn 3X3's, and 3X4's
might be pretty handy.  If anyone has some sawing
suggestions I'd be happy to listen.

Thanks,

Dan Settles
Oxford, NC